Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski

Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski (16 March 1892-12 April 1946) was Prime Minister of Poland from 13 October 1935 to 15 May 1936, succeeding Walery Slawek and preceding Felicjan Slawoj Skladkowski.

Biography
Marian Zyndram-Koscialkowski was born on 16 March 1892 in Ponedel, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Pandelys, Lithuania) to a noble family. Along with Walery Slawek, he joined the Union of Active Struggle and later the secret Polish Military Organization (POW) during World War I, fighting for the independence of Poland from Russia. He fought against the Soviet Union in the Polish-Soviet War and also took part in Zeligowski's Mutiny, which alowed for Poland to annex Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania). From 1930 to 1934 he served as Voivode of Bialystok Voivodeship and was briefly Mayor of Warsaw in 1934 before being elected Prime Minister of Poland in 1935; in 1936 he was dismissed after using riot police to put down socialist and communist riots. Zyndram-Koscialkowski moved to Romania during the Invasion of Poland and later to the United Kingdom, where he died in 1946.